Bayonet.



Patented May 7, |90|l n. MURPHY.

BAYONET.

(Applica fion filed Jan. 14, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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22% M a m IJIVY DICK MURPHY, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONTHIRD TO CHARLES E. MCOLURE, OF SAME PLACE.

BAYONET.

SPECIFICATION fanning part of Letters Patent No. 673,527, dated May 7,1901. Application filed January 14, 1901. Serial No. 43,258. (No model.)

To zfll whom, it 71mg; concern:

Be it known that 1, Lin DICK MURPHY, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of.Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bayonets, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bayonets and improved means for securing thebayonet to'the muzzle of a firearm; and the object of my invention is toproduce a disappearing bayonet which maybe quickly and easily'withdrawninto a recess under the muzzle and which will be invisible when inthatposition and having no unsightly projections either when so withdrawn orin use.

With this object in view my invention consists in the novel constructionand arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichi I Figure 'l is-aside elevation of the muzzle ofa rifle provided with a bayonet inextended position constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 isa side elevation of the muzzle, the bayonet being retracted. Fig. 3 is atop plan view showing the bayonet partly extended. Fig. 4 is an enlargedtransverse sectional view taken on a line a b of Fig. 1.

In the fore-stock 2, just below the barrel 3, I form a longitudinalgroove of sufficient length to receive the bayonet 4:. The bayonet isapproximately triangular in cross-sec tion and is concaved on its faceadjacent to the barrel, as shown in Fig. 4:.

The means for extending or withdrawing the bayonet comprises a cross-key5, passing. through a slot in the bayonet, and a slidable band or sleeve6,embracing the fore-stock and barrel. The ends of the key 5 extend,respectively, through two longitudinal slots 7,

formed in the fore-stock just below the lowest part of the barrel 3. Theextreme ends of the key 5 lie in slots in the band (5. One end of'thekey is provided with a head 8, by which the key may be removed from theforestock when it is necessary to remove the bayonet entirely.

When the bayonet is extended, as shown in Fig. 1, it is held in thatposition by two springdetents 9, which are secured'to opposite sides ofthe fore-stock 2 and have shoulders which engage the rear edge of thesleeve 6. The bayonet is withdrawn by pressing the detents .9 inwardlyor together with the thumb and finger and sliding the sleeve 6 back tothe position shown in Fig. 2. V

10 designates a ramrod, and'12 designates a band embracing the end ofthe rainrod and the muzzle of the rifle.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a firearm,the combination'of the stock having alongitudinal recesstherein adjacent 6 to the muzzle, and having a longitudinal slottherein, opening into said recess, a bayonet sheathed in said recess,and a transverse key passing through the butt of the bayonet and throughsaid slot; substantially as described.

2. In a firearm,the combination'of the stock having a longitudinalrecess therein adjacent to the muzzle and having a longitudinal slottherein opening into said recess, a bayonet sheathed in said recess,atransverse key pass- 7 5 ing through the butt of the bayonet and projccting through said slot,and a slidable sleeve or band embracing thestock and muzzle and having a slot therein for the end of said key,

whereby moving said sleeve moves the bayonet, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a firearimthe combination of the stock having a longitudinalrecess therein adjacent to the muzzle, and having a longitudinal slottherein opening into said recess, a bayonet sheathed in said reccss,atransverse key passing through the butt of the bayonet and extendingthrough said slot, a slid-able sleeve or band embracing the muzzle andstock and having a key, and a spring-detent secured to the stock forlocking said sleeve and the bayonet in ex tended position, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

LIVY DICK MURPHY.

Witnesses:

K. M. IMBODEn, OLIVE M. VAN DoRsToN.

slot for engaging one end of said

